Scriptorium tag: V
| 1. | (En) | be hard, strong, difficult |
| (Fr) | être fort, lourd, difficile | |
| (De) | hart, schwer, schwierig sein | |
| Bibliography: CD 237ab?; CED 115?; KoptHWb 132?; DELC 148?; ChLCS 34a? | ||
Descended from Demotic nḫṱ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian nḫt to be strong; to strengthen; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
- ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ϯⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛ If a strong wind comes against us, Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.41.monbeg)ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛϭⲓⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲟⲓⲙⲏⲛ . ϫⲉⲁⲟⲩⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲏⲥⲉ . ϫⲉⲉⲓⲛⲁⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ . Abba Poemen said, a brother said to Abba Païse, 'what should I do about my hard heart? Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 004: Poemen (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.4.monbeg)ϫⲉⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲛϥⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ . “My father, why is my heart hard and without fear of God?” Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 003: Anonymous Nau 138 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.3.monbeg)
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See also:ⲛⲟⲩϣⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⳉⲧ - become heavy, hard
- make hard, oppress, do violence
ⲛⲟⲩϣⲧ – strength, violenceⲛϣⲟⲧ – hardness, boldnessϩⲛⲟⲩⲛϣⲟⲧ – roughly, hardlyⲛⲁϣⲧϩⲣⲁ⸗ – "hard of face", impudent, stubbornⲛⲁϣⲧϩⲏⲧ – strong, hart of heartϯⲛϣⲟⲧ – make hard, encourageⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ – - strength
- strengthener, protector
ⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ – - strength
- strengthener, protector
ⲣⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ – be protectorⲛⲉϣⲧⲉ – hard, rough personPlease cite as: TLA lemma no. C2613 (ⲛϣⲟⲧ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C2613 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues